#C53A3D#C53A3D

#C53A3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.176 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A3D
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 61)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, 54.93, 30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 62.90, 29.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.1607 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.176 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3841, 15.2371, 6.0184)
Luminance	0.1523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A3D #3AC5C2

analogous

#C53A83 #C53A3D #C57C3A

triadic

#C53A3D #3DC53A #3A3DC5

tetradic

#C53A3D #83C53A #3AC5C2 #7C3AC5

square

#C53A3D #83C53A #3AC5C2 #7C3AC5

split-complementary

#C53A3D #3AC57C #3A83C5

monochromatic

#661E20 #962C2E #C53A3D #D3696C #E1999A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C53A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C53A3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A3D

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A3D	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8083D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.176 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7972',
    500: '#c53a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a3d;
$custom-light: #df7972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.705,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55533,
    "c": 0.17569,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A3D

secondary

#8ECDCB

accent

#DEDB4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A3D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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